Poll: Charlie Crist Ahead In 2010 Florida Senate Race
A new Mason-Dixon poll in Florida, commissioned by the Tallahassee-based public relations first Ron Sachs Communications, confirms the general consensus that Republican Gov. Charlie Crist is the immediate favorite to win the open Senate seat of retiring GOP Sen. Mel Martinez in 2010.
In the Republican primary against his more conservative challenger, former state House Speaker Marco Rubio, Crist currently enjoys a 53%-18% lead. Granted, a lot can happen between now and the primary in August 2010, but at the moment Crist is on top.
The Democratic primary is up in the air, with Rep. Kendrick Meek leading state Sen. Dan Gelber by 26%-16% -- the real leader is "Undecided" at 58%. In general election match-ups, Crist leads Meek by 55%-24%, and Crist is ahead of Gelber 57%-22%.
Also, in the gubernatorial race, Republican state Attorney General Bill McCollum has a 40%-34% lead over state Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink, but the high number of undecideds really makes this a pretty fluid race for now.
(Via David Weigel)
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So if Rubio tops Christ in a poll between now and the primary does that mean the Florida governor is versatile?
May 19, 2009 5:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yikes.
May 19, 2009 6:40 PM | Reply | Permalink
Crist, not Christ.
Let us pray....
May 19, 2009 11:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
Its the age of sensibility and Rubio is no Obama (0 GOP rebranding ability).
Crist will win on a moderate platform.
May 19, 2009 11:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
Sorry to offend for my unintentional misspelling, but how do you reconcile the GOP's inability to rebrand itself with a Crist victory?
And the "age of sensiblity" thing makes absolutely no sense. The Enlightenment is dead, sorry to say.
May 19, 2009 11:50 PM | Reply | Permalink
No offense here. I was actually making humorous point (comedy fail).
Age of Enlightenment is not dead. Merely hibernating. Human intellectual evolution has never been a straight line. It is a messy course to be sure but progress will continue. Example...If Spain legalized gay marriage recently after their history then I would submit there is hope for humanity. I just wish I could predict the dark ages more precisely. I admit I did not see Bush Inc coming.
My Florida ground level perspective at this time is that Crist is a popular governor by virtue of looking out for individuals before party ideology, true or not this is the perception. Rubio, in my observation, is more of an ideologue in the cut of the GOP standard. Hence, outdated for the present. Rubio does not represent the priorities of most people hurt by present circumstances. The GOP should embrace people like Crist if they wish to find their way out of the political desert. They won't.... for now.
I expect Crist will get the independents, moderate democrats and sane republicans in the end. Rubio will get the diehards by comparison and lose.
May 20, 2009 12:29 AM | Reply | Permalink